Album Type:
Album
Date Released:
June 2014
Label:
Self Released
Lamentations
- track listing:
Retribution
Police
Atrocity
Victims
Disposable
Earth
Man
Made Disasters
The
Daily Bullshit Broadcast
Deathline
Acrostic
of Reason
Bio:
Anarchist/atheïst/anti-fascist
progressive hardcore sludge punk
Band Members
Flaps: vocals, PJ:
drums, Deedee: Guitars, Simon: Bass
Review:
Now
I will admit I didn't actually like Lost Union's debut album –
Lamentations – when I first listened to it. I found myself
struggling to find anything encouraging about the album. Sure it's a
loud, angry and a vicious beast of an album. But I originally felt we
have seen and heard this style of music done much better before.
Then
I was having a bad day at work the other day and decided to give this
album another try. I don't know what happened as I started to
remember my younger years when I would have been a huge admirer of
Lost Union back in the day. As I was a huge punk fan in my late
teens. But when a band like Lost Union come along with a stirring mix
of riffs and politically charged tunes then you have to take notice
no matter how old you are.
These
guys are really hard to pigeon-hole as they embrace Hardcore Punk,
Sludge, Crust and hints of Post-metal to their music. Lamentations is
a 33 minute turbo charged kick to the fucking head. As the band
demolish their way through a great set of punk based tracks with a
violent sludgy undertone.
The
6 minute opening track Retribution may give you the idea that Lost
Union are all about epic politically based tracks but that is just a
slight rouse as the other tracks run for about 2 to 3 mins in length.
The album has a stripped back lo-fi approach which fits in with their
punk roots. Tracks such as Victims, Disposable Earth, Man Made
Disasters and The Daily Bullshit Broadcast will either have you
running out onto the streets shouting at all of the injustices in the
world or have you nodding in agreement as Lost Union actually make
some excellent valid points in how fucked up the world currently is.
Now
the part of the album that I fucking loved was the 13 minute epic –
Acrostic of Reason – where they change into a credible politically
charged Post-Metal band such as Neurosis. I would love to see these
guys embrace this side of their music for future releases as this is
jaw-dropping stuff. Ambient based progressive sludge/post-metal riffs
combine for one beautifully charged experience. There is still
elements of Punk ideology in the track but it's where the band throw
caution to the wind and say – FUCK IT!!! - the album truly comes to
live.
Lamentations
is actually a fantastic album. The earlier punk based vibes will get
you into Lost Union's way of thinking. I felt more passion with their
last track as it shows what a powerfully charged band Lost Union can
actually turn into in the near future.
Thanks
to the band for sending me a promo to review. The album is directly
available from the band.
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